Seleucia / Sealing / Bitumen / Ceramic

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Record Details

Object Identifier: 0000.03.5860
Object Name: Sealing
Lot: University of Michigan excavation (Seleucia) Undetermined date
Collections: Kelsey Permanent Artifact Collections
Object Type: Bullae
Materials: Bitumen; Ceramic
Design Style: McDowell AId112(?)
Weight: 4.1 g
Pierced: no
Inscribed: no
Subjects: unidentified deity; Hercules
Earliest Date: 294 BCE
Latest Date: 131 BCE
Verbatim Provenance: Iraq
Verbatim Site: Seleucia
Production Site: site
Countermark: no
Exhibition Title: Seleucia-on-the-Tigris: An Exhibition of the excavations at Seleucia, Iraq by the University of Michigan 1927-32, 1936-37; Discovery! Excavating the Ancient World
Exhibition Curator: Savage, Elizabeth; Richards, Janet
Publication Title: Stamped and Inscribed Objects from Seleucia on the Tigris
Publication Author: McDowell, Robert H.
Publication Year: 1935
Type Category: Artifact

Technical Details

Collection: Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection
Record: 0000.03.5860
Link to this Item: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.03.5860/dsc_1236.jpg

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Full citation: "Seleucia; Sealing; Bitumen; Ceramic." In the digital collection Kelsey Museum of Archaeology Art & Artifact Collection. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/k/kelsey/x-0000.03.5860/dsc_1236.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024.